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Make: Greenhouses Made of Cast Off Materials

by on Apr 6, 2011

Does this sound familiar?  You’re itching to start planting but it’s still too cold out. Happens to me every year about this time, which means every year about this time I look for green house how-tos. 

First up is Fun in the Making’s clever remake of a garage door (pictured above). You can read all about the process here.    

Craigslist or Freecycle weak on garage doors right now? Check this out, a greenhouse made of plastic bottles. Even the roof is plastic bottle ’tiles’.Here are all the details.

The Greenhouse So Far

Don’t have THAT many plastic bottles? Here’s a tiny greenhouse made out of a plastic jug. Instructabler chtinico tells us to do it.

Very small GreenHouse

For something a bit bigger, here’s a great cold frame made out of an old window. Here’s the tute along with some good advise on using it.

A tray made of wood holds flowers and plants in the ground.